The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1887-04-14

purdy covered up in bed with his skull
Ieaten in. Tompkins could give no
coherent account, and denied all
knowledge of the deed. Purdy was
Known to have large sum of money
in cash and postal orders, and suspic-
ion was directed to Tompkins, who
vas searched and the money found Lon
his person.
HE BETRAYED SACRED TRUST.
KANSAS CITY, April ia special to
the Times from Usage Mission, Kas.,
says: In the District Court yesterday
Morgan K. Sipe was convicted of Sc
ducing Ostia Kinney, a young girl con-
fded to his care. As the extreme PEN
atty is twenty-one years in the peniten-
tiary, and this is his second offense, he
will probably have ample time to
reflect over the matter at Lansing.
While serving out term of impriSon-
ment in the county Jail for a
similar offenSe he was associated with
frankie Morris, then on trial for the
murder of her mother, and since his
release he has written her life, which
will probably be published after he is
sent to the penitentiary. The present
offense is aggravated from the fact
that the father of the young lady had
befriended Sipe the last time he was
tried and had saved him from the
had taken him to his
home and befriended him in every
possible way. He repaid the kindness
by running his friends daughter.
STILL UNIDENTIFIED.
RAILWAY, n. j., April 1.-THE body
of the murdered girl found near here
March % and her clothing were eXhib-
tied to-day to about 1000 persons. The
girls head was surrounded with cut
flowers. The appearance of the face
has been greatly improved. A number
of persons claimed that they recog-
niZed the BODY, but upon investigation
it was found that their statements did
not agree with the facts known by the
authorities. District Attorney Wilson
has officially notified Undertaken Ryno
that the body must not be buried until
he gives the order to that effect. The
funeral will be held tomorrow and the
body be placed in a receiving vault.
ANOTHER ONE CONVICTED.
ST. LOUIS, April 11.-JOhn j. Pen
dergast, another of the deputy re-
corders of votes, who were indicted for
committing frauds at the election last
November, was convicted to-day in the
United States court.
PIrTsBURG, April 12-The wholesale
arrests of employees of the Pan Handle
railroad for robbing freight trains con-
tinues to be the principal topic of con-
versation among railroad men and cit
iZen generally. superintendent Tay-
lor's Office was beseiged from early
morning by dozens of men, who were
in search of employment. They
fiocked to the depot so fast that line
of them extended outside of the Office
waiting for their applications for sit
uations as freight conductors or brake
men to be heard. Many of them were
given employment. The road is now
fully equipped. No arrests have been
reported since last night. 1t is thought
the officials of the road are satisfied
that no more arrests will be made in
this city. Speaking of the probable
conviction of the men now
in jail, Special Agent Rue said that
of the sixty men now under
arrest there not more than one, or pos
sibly two of them who stood any chance
of being shown not guilty. Said he
1--WE had our evidence so complete thai
we did not make an arrest until we had
sufficient proof to show that the maj
was guilty. We expect to make eight
or ten more arrests of men who worked
the road successfully for a time anC
then for fear of detection took posi-
tiong on other lines. This will swell
the total number of arrests to sixty.
eight or seventy"
The capture of j. r. Dunlap at Den
nison yesterday particularly pleased the
detective, as he stated last night he
made a confession in which he said that
stealing had been going on for months
He said he could give the names of al
the men implicated in the Pittsburg
= oF hn ITon61a &c lor1
guage to the detectives being: 81 would
give you names of the officers, but
great God they would kill me-" There
was no organization among the robbers
Dunlap said, and no regular place OF
work. Each crew worked by itself. II
was a common understanding thai
every man should take all he could
get and dispose of it to the
best advantage. There were {
number of principals that
name being applied to those whC
reaped the largest benefits from thu
robberies by giving others pointers al
These persons were generously re
warded by the less prominent thieves
after the plumber had been disposed o.
to the fence. The fences, Dunlap said
were located in New York, Philadel
phia, Dennison, SteubenYille, Cincin
natl and Pittsburg, and ais
Columbus. Notwithstanding Dunlapi
confession the officers of the road still
believe that the plunderers were thor
oughly organized and were carrying OF
the robbery under the systematic direc
ton of shrewd leaders. When a new
man entered the service of the road, i
he was thought to be the right kind o
fellow, he was initiated into the gam
with a rigid oath binding him to Sc
crecy. After he had been initiated
was easy enough to keep hin
feel any pangs of conscience it wa
broadly limited that any one NOV
would result disastrously, ds the rail
road furnished first-class opportunitie
| for putting men out of the way. Youn
men from the country who were jus
beginning to run on the road were tn
easiest prey. They could soon be pei
suaded that there was nothing wron
| about stealing from the rich railroa
companies. Being unused to the trick
of the old heads, they were easily le
on until they were SO deep in the toll
that they could not get out if the
wanted to.
REsoRTING TO THREATS.
PTTTsBURG, April 13.-Accomplice
of the railroad thieves are resortiog t
threats to intimidate the Pan Handl
railroad officials. Among the mail lai
on Superintendent Taylor's desk thi
morning was a letter from Dennison
Ohio, addressed to Mr.. Taylor, VIII
opened it and found the followin
| threatening missive:
Don't make any more arrests, d.
you, or we will cut your id wires, an
| do il as often as we please. You can
get US all, and you had better let tn
| matter DROP
Superintendent Taylor thinks he rec
| ognizes the handwriting ank the ma
suspected will be spotted. He is stil
in the company's employ. This woul,
| indicate the thieves are not all caught
and the gang is well organized. Polio
| are still working quietly on the cas-
| al d some startling developments ar
promised, but Of what nature canno
be surmised. Two more arrests wer
made shortly after midnight. Johl
Barth and c. w. Smith, both brake
man, supposed to be implicated in tn
robberies. were surprised at thei
homes. Both were discharged from
| the Pan Handle a short time ago an
have since been working on the BaIti
more & Ohio road A number Of tn